JBL K2 S9800 Speaker

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by tony-w

I've run SET amps though old JBL's with 375 drivers and have had good results. Wonder how the newer JBL's would sound with SET's.

tony-w.......Probably real good, especially if the efficiency is 94 dB or better.

[jdandy]

Here is a nice photo of the JBL L300 Summit, and the JBL K2 S5500.

[tony-w]

Very cool!

[jdandy]

Back in the day, if you had a pair of JBL L300 Summits you were king of the audio club. They are great speakers.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Back in the day, if you had a pair of JBL LS300 Summits you were king of the audio club. They are great speakers.

Dan....you mean L300 Summit.

Pete

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by Vintage Pete

Dan....you mean L300 Summit.

Pete

Pete.......Yes. I corrected my error. Thank you.

The Summits were on my list for a long time, but too poor when they were new to even consider the purchase. I see these for sale every now and then. They are still commanding a good price.

[tony-w]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Back in the day, if you had a pair of JBL L300 Summits you were king of the audio club. They are great speakers.

When did those come out? I had pair of the big Olympus speakers and then became side-tracked by McIntosh and then panel speakers in the mid 70's.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by tony-w

When did those come out? I had pair of the big Olympus speakers and then became side-tracked by McIntosh and then panel speakers in the mid 70's.

1975 L300 SUMMIT

Pete

[tony-w]

My mid 60's Olympus had the same driver, an LE85. They cost considerably more than the summits because of the enclosures and were discontinued in I think 1974.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Pete.......Yes. I corrected my error. Thank you.

The Summits were on my list for a long time, but too poor when they were new to even consider the purchase. I see these for sale every now and then. They are still commanding a good price.

Yes, they do indeed to this day fetch a good price. Believe it or not, in all my years being a JBL nut, I've never had the opportunity to audition a pair. I'm well aware of their nearly legendary status however, with the 136A low frequency driver and the 375 compression driver with its horn/lens configuration. I've read many testimonials to its performance from owners on the Lansing forum.

I don't know that the L300 would blend as nicely into my main system as does the L220. The L300's rather short and squat cabinet concerns me as to image height and I like the L220's nearly ideal height of the high frequency driver.

Another legendary system in the JBL line to come along later, right after the L220, is the L250, later to become known as the 250Ti. This was a tower system, and to this day when I see a pair I ponder how these would do in my system. These would blend nicely, I think. I did have a chance to audition these, and was impressed. The L250 (or 250Ti) are the only JBL systems I'd consider replacing my L220's with. Well, okay.....or the K2S9900's!

1982 L250-B460

Pete